Brian Blessed to record personalised voicemails

The actor Brian Blessed is to use his famously booming voice to record
voicemails for O2 mobile phone customers.

The actor has also used his famous voice for TomTom satnavsPhoto: REX FEATURES

10:35AM GMT 28 Jan 2013

The star, who became famous for over-the-top performances as King Richard IV in Black Adder and Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon, has signed a deal to record bespoke messages for customers on HTC Windows Phone 8 kit.

Blessed, who has previously leant his voice to TomTom satnavs, will create individual messages based on the customer’s name and interests.

The first 100 customers who buy either a new Windows Phone 8S by HTC or Windows Phone 8X by HTC between Monday 28th January and Monday 4th February and tweet @O2 using hashtag #brianmail will get a personalised voicemail.

Once the messages have been recorded, they’ll be transferred directly onto each customer's voicemail in high quality.

Blessed said: “I’m thrilled to be lending my vocal talents to the good folk at O2. I’m planning to have a lot of fun with the voicemail messages, and leave the caller amused, confused and generally bewildered.”